net.sourceforge.barbecue
Class BarcodeImageHandler

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.barbecue.BarcodeImageHandler

public final class BarcodeImageHandler

extends java.lang.Object

Utility class to provide convenience methods for converting barcodes to images and other misc barcode handling.

Author:

Ian Bourke

Method Summary

static java.awt.image.BufferedImage	getImage(Barcode barcode) Creates an image for a barcode that can be used in other GUI componenets (e.g.
static void	outputBarcodeAsJPEGImage(Barcode barcode, java.io.OutputStream os) Outputs a barcode directly to the given output stream, encoded as a JPEG image.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getImage

public static java.awt.image.BufferedImage getImage(Barcode barcode)

Creates an image for a barcode that can be used in other GUI componenets (e.g. ImageIcon, JLabel etc).

Parameters:

barcode - The barcode to convert into an image

Returns:

The image

outputBarcodeAsJPEGImage

public static void outputBarcodeAsJPEGImage(Barcode barcode,
                                            java.io.OutputStream os)
                                     throws java.io.IOException

Outputs a barcode directly to the given output stream, encoded as a JPEG image.

Parameters:

barcode - The barcode to output

os - The output stream to write the image to

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If the image cannot be written to the output stream correctly